Analysis of The Charm.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
O touch her with thy heavenly beams,
Bright Moon! that she may know
Within his paradise of dreams
Love died not long ago.
Though Helen's eyes are dust, and she
No more in Ilion sighs,
Love still is Love (tell her) and we
Are but his late allies!
We bear his burning shield and spear,
True knights in Beauty's war —
We who are women's offspring here,
And made for women are.
| Scheme | ABABCDCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111001 111111 0111011 111101 11011101 11011 11111001 111110 11110101 11011 1111011 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 372 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 287 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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